I just see a placeholder at that URL. Correct domain?
> Just my 2 cents: > > I've often thought Dave's theme on http://rollerweblogger.com/roller is a > nice social (Flickr and Twitter widgets), simple and clean theme. > > On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Nelson Chamberlain > <nchamberl...@ceradyne.com> wrote: > >> Hi Chris >> >> I like what you say about simple & elegant. The hard part is defining >> what those mean. To my mind, the theme that best fits these goals is >> Ocadia (from OptionalThemesForRoller referenced below). Interestingly, >> it says that it was originally developed for Wordpress and ported to >> Roller. >> >> If I were to try to define what elements make it appear elegant, I would >> say that the muted colors and gradient fills that give it quiet, >> understated beauty. I also liked the rounded boxes on the right side. To >> many of the other themes seem to be shouting for my attention, or, like >> you say, are busy and noisy as the front page of a newspaper. >> >> I haven't had the pleasure of using IDEA from IntelliJ but I have only >> heard good things about it. I generally have been using Eclipse and >> NetBeans. Eclipse for general programming and NetBeans for Swing >> programming. They are quite good but utilitarian and not elegant. >> >> So do you have a Wordpress theme that you prefer? Or a few >> recommendations for me to look at to see what blogs you feel implement >> the simple & elegant appearance? >> >> Nelson >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christopher Dodunski [mailto:chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz] >> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 4:10 PM >> To: user@roller.apache.org >> Subject: RE: Seeking clean, attractive Roller 4.0 theme >> >> Hi Nelson, >> >> Good question! I wrote "clean and attractive" implying simplicity and >> elegance - the hallmark of any good user interface. Many webpages have >> clearly had a lot of effort poured into them, but too often the end >> result is as busy as the front page of a newspaper. Neither simple nor >> elegant. >> >> Incidentally, my preferred Java IDE is also based on a simple yet >> elegant user interface: IntelliJ IDEA. >> >> I've been using Roller for around a week, and think it is wonderful. >> But, in my opinion, the four bundled themes don't cut the mustard. What >> can we do to help fix this situation. Decide on a great wordpress >> theme, and replicate it with a distinctive 'roller' twist perhaps? >> >> Regards, >> >> Chris Dodunski. >> >> >>> I am curious if there consensus on what makes a good theme. Is it >>> strictly the attractiveness of the theme? Or how clean and uncluttered >>> the page templates are that implement the theme? Maintainability or >>> modifiability? >>> >>> My own opinion is I could live with something that is less attractive >>> if the theme is easy to modify and maintain (easy to find the style >>> statements that control an element's appearance). I can add as much >>> prettiness as I want, but only if I can find where the controls are. >>> >>> What do the rest of you think makes a clean and attractive theme? >>> >>> Nelson >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Dave [mailto:snoopd...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:17 PM >>> To: user@roller.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: Seeking clean, attractive Roller 4.0 theme >>> >>> That is definitely one of the drawbacks of Roller: very few good >>> themes. >>> RollerThemes.com addressed that problem to some extent, but now it is >>> gone. On the bright side, Velocity is fairly easy to learn and its not >>> that hard to "port" themes from Wordpress and other places. >>> >>> Hope that helps... >>> >>> - Dave >>> >>> Template authors guide: >>> >>> ftp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/apache/roller/roller-4/v4.0.1/docs/r >>> oller-template-guide.pdf >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Christopher Dodunski >>> <chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I chose Roller over Wordpress due to the fact that I am a Java >>>> developer, and I always like to support open-source projects - >>>> especially Apache ones. So far I'm impressed with the administration >>>> interface and documentation. But the packaged themes didn't appeal, >>>> and so I downloaded those from >>>> http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javanet/OptionalThemesForRoller. >>>> But many of these also don't appeal and/or don't work (e.g. state >>>> comments are closed when they are not). >>>> >>>> Is there another source of Roller themes out there? Does anyone have >>>> an attractive, clean and elegant theme they would like to share? I >>>> don't really have the time to learn Velocity (nor do I have the flair >>>> for visual design). Your help/guidance would be much appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks & regards, >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>>>> The current release of Roller, 4.0.1, cannot do that. >>>>> >>>>> The upcoming Roller 5 will support multiple domains, but has rather >>>>> simple-minded support, there are some limitations and will only work >>>>> well if you have a handful of blogs and don't mind adding a line to >>>>> the config file for each. >>>>> >>>>> If you're interested in helping us work the kinks out of it, then >>>>> please test the Roller 5 release candidate (RC2) and let us know how >>>>> it goes. I can tell you know to configure multi-domain support as I >>>>> use it on my blog. >>>>> >>>>> Roller 5 RC2 announcement: >>>>> http://markmail.org/message/yrlfct6t6xn5rsic >>>>> >>>>> - Dave >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Christopher Dodunski >>>>> <chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I would like to use Roller on my web server. I read that Roller >>>>>> supports multiple blogs. My web server hosts several domains. I >>>>>> would like to know whether I need to install Roller anew for each >>>>>> domain. >>>>>> >>>>>> To use the following domains as examples: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.domain1.com >>>>>> http://www.domain2.com >>>>>> http://www.domain3.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Each is to have its own independent blog page, like so: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://blog.domain1.com >>>>>> http://blog.domain2.com >>>>>> http://blog.domain3.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Can this be accomplished with a single installation of Roller? Or >>>>>> do I need to install Roller for each domain? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks & regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
